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Date 11/29/15? PROPHECY UPDATE NEWS HEADLINESYesterday's Prophecies - Today's HeadlinesHEADLINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH?TRACKING BIBLE PROPHECY 29: The Day the UN Stands With the Palestinians and Demonizes IsraelYa'alon: Israel still fighting War of Independence Netanyahu: Israel will not unilaterally hand the PA 'even one meter' of territoryIDF chief visited Brussels to establish unprecedented security ties'Gas deal maintains regional stability and peace with Jordan and Egypt'BDS activists in Germany inspect stores to force labeling of Israeli products'Blessings of Israel': Settlers find new ways to label products after E.U. decisionIsrael's next battlefield - Defeating Palestinian incitement on social mediaArmy closes third Hebron radio station for 'incitement'Security forces arrest 11 terrorism suspects, seize firearms in West Bank raidsAnalysis: Palestinian terror may be bad, but ISIS in Sinai is a far more dangerous enemy'Syria is dead, Israel must prepare,' top defense official warnsReport: Israel Air Force strikes targets in Syria near Lebanese border 'Business as usual' for IAF in Syria, despite Russian missiles'IAF is free to operate over northern border, even in Syria'Russia sometimes breaches Israeli air space, top defense official revealsFrance, Russia to tighten cooperation against IS amid divisions over AssadAnalysis: Preventing World War Three in Syria between Turkey and Russia Putin imposes sanctions, says country 'fully mobilized' to tackle threats from TurkeySanctions only deepen Russia-Turkish problem, says TurkeyProtests as top Kurdish lawyer gunned down in TurkeyISIS claims responsibility for bombing in northern Iraq that killed sevenSyrian army recaptures strategic territory east of Aleppo from ISIS handsISIS Fighter Cries Like a Baby After Being Captured by Kurdish SoldiersAn ISIS defector explained a key reason people continue joining the group - they are desperate for money and are struggling to find a way to surviveAnonymous hacks ISIS site, replaces it with Viagra adInternet mocks Islamic State by editing rubber ducks into recruitment photosParis attacks ignite resurgence in nationalism not seen since WWIIParis attacks refuel debate on revamped Patriot ActTurkey to help EU curb migration in exchange for cash, EU membership talks Refugee debate stokes tensions in Hamtramck, America's Muslim capitalWith Legal Aid, Immigrant Advocates Turn Focus to CitizenshipLeader of German anti-immigrant party calls on Merkel to resignDutch welcome: Pig heads left at migrants' camp entrance in Netherlands'Christian state' group threatens to kill Belgian Muslims, destroy their businessesGunmen kill 4 Egypt security personnel south of CairoFive dead after twin suicide attacks in north Cameroon linked to Boko HaramKenya arrests two Iranians planning terror attack in NairobiNorth Korean test launch of missile from submarine a failureChinese Cash Floods U.S. Real Estate MarketOil's Big Players Line Up for $30 Billion of Projects in Iran5.6 magnitude earthquake hits the Owen Fracture Zone region5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Binuangeun, Indonesia5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Sarangani, Philippines5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Sarangani, PhilippinesCornwall 3.6 earthquake felt in parts of Quebec and N.Y. stateColima volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ftSheveluch volcano on Kamchakta, Russia erupts to 13,000ftCopahue volcano in Argentina erupts to 12,000ftRinjani volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ftZhupanovsky volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 11,000ftAt least 14 dead as storms and ice hammer Texas, Oklahoma, KansasParis climate summit: world leaders told to iron out differences before talks endIndia's Modi Poised to Make or Break Climate Talks in ParisLatAm hands climate bill to rich world at summitAhead of climate summit, French use emergency laws to put activists under house arrestObama to Paris for climate summit amid global terror concerns, GOP vow to pull deal moneyIn medical marijuana states, 'pot doctors' push boundariesCould Genetically Modified Mosquitos Put An End To Malaria Forever?Functional human liver cells grown in the labPro-life leaders condemn shooting at Planned Parenthood facilityPlanned Parenthood Shooting Suspect Made Comment About 'No More Baby Parts': SourcesColorado embodies nation's divide over gun controlUS has to 'do something' about guns after deadly Colorado shooting, says ObamaWisconsin School Cancels Book Reading About Transgender Teen After Lawsuit Threat15 Excerpts That Show How Radical, Weird And Out of Touch College Campuses Have BecomePROPHECY UPDATE NEWSLETTERSTAY INFORMED, GET EQUIPPED, BE ENCOURAGEDPre-Millennium - Pre-Tribulation - PrePARED*If you missed an issue or did not receive your daily copy - All Newsletters are archived at:?? TODAY'S NEWSLETTER...?Featured Article: Hatred of Israel: The Dark Shadows of the End??"Syria is dead, Israel must prepare," top defense official warns??Analysis: Preventing World War Three in Syria between Turkey and Russia??Obama Knows That Turkey Is Buying Oil from ISIS and He Isn't Doing Anything to Stop It??Why nuclear Armageddon is a very real danger?Spiritual Showdowns Are Happening NOW!??Who Are We, Anyway??What Jesus said about worry??Hatred of Israel: The Dark Shadows of the End - Joseph Chambers - city of Jerusalem is under mock attack.?The Iranians, Barack Obama's special friends and partners, have erected a simulated mosque representing the Mosque of Omar on the Holy Mount in Jerusalem. This is now their place to play war games and train for taking Jerusalem and destroying every Jew. This is happening right now while the world is totally involved in our own security questions. Such an event in Iran should shake the entire world but Paris and Brussels are so gripping, it is hard to think about little Israel.?Iran has been the primary sponsor of the terrorists and their many attacks for decades. ISIS may appear to be separate from Iran but we will soon know that this is totally untrue. Obama's administration is so inept and biased toward Iran that truth does not exist. Both Iran and ISIS are totally committed to the birth of a worldwide caliphate. The West must be subjected to their dream and our president has no ability to see the truth.?We are entering the very last stages of the end times in which Israel will be a "cup of trembling" to the whole world. We may have thought this worldwide emotion had already peaked. If so, we were wrong because it has only just begun. The victories of the war in Iraq have served to enflame the emotion of every enemy of Israel. Several months ago I said that the war to liberate Iraq was more for Israel than for America or anyone else. No, I do not believe that President Bush or his advisors believed that or even considered it. It was a sovereign thing; the prophetic action of our God who has already written the script in Biblical prophetic truths contained in Scripture.?It's breathtaking to sit in the earthly audience, even to help others look upon the prophetic stage, and to watch our God fulfill every nuance of His Holy Book. Israel will be hated, not because our God wants them hated, but because they through their own unbelief and evil ways have laid a foundation for judgment. As that judgment is acted out, it will cause their God that loves them and who has a plan for them to become angry towards their enemies and to start the process of their redemption. Apostle Paul said it better than I could ever say it, "For God hath concluded them (Israel) all in unbelief, that He might have mercy upon all." (Romans 11:32)?Picture Title Here?Zechariah prophesied of this very day, and he painted a clear picture for us to read. You can see the emotion of God Himself as He called for this day and prophesied, "...the burden of the Word of the Lord for Israel." (Zechariah 12:1) It did not please the heart of God to announce their terrible time of suffering. God, the Father speaks these kinds of truths because He is perfectly just, and because His chosen must pay for their unbelief and sin just as justly as the wicked pay. He always draws a contrast between holy things and the profane with every aspect of His Word. Listen as the Holy Spirit speaks the Word of God by Zechariah. ?"The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it." (Zechariah 12:1-3)?Not only will Israel be hated by the unbelieving world; but also, those professing faith in the same Bible. Suicide bombers will continue to strike. There is no way to stop the terror that will reign until the Rapture and the seven years of wrath are complete. Jerusalem, the holy city loved by God Himself, will continue to be "trodden" down from within by angry Gentile terrorists and fanatic Islamics. No one can change the Word of God. Not even God Himself will alter His words spoken by His prophets. He said, "For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven." (Psalm 119:89)?Isaiah spoke to the fact of Israel's sorrows until the Day of the Lord should come. "Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out." (Isaiah 51:17) ?They must drink the last dregs and then wring them out to the last drop. But, as they finish their hour of sorrow, God will step forth to punish those that added to their sorrows and failed to rightly divide the truth of His love for them. Isaiah made this very plain. "Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over." (Isaiah 51:22-23) ?You can see in those last words the very compromise of the Israelis toward the Palestinians occurring right now. Notice the words that sound like those of these deceased Arafat and his followers, "Bow down, that we may go over" and when they do, "and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over." As much as it breaks my heart to say it, their sorrows are not over yet. Woe to the person, the national entity, or the religious crowd that trashes the Jewish people because their sufferings are not yet complete.?No one should defend the gross sins in the cities of our world, including Jerusalem. Satan is having a field day spewing his filth on the world's population, and Israel has certainly not escaped. The present moral condition of Jerusalem is totally different than the prophetic plan to make this city the capital of the Israeli state and the whole world during the thousand years of Christ's reign. Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, will occupy the "Throne of David" in this breathtaking city and will rule the world in righteousness. There is indeed going to be a New World Order and Jerusalem will be the center. Believe me, it will not be "wicked, unconverted Jews" that establish the city of Jerusalem and the "true" New World Order after the seven years of wrath. It will be the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.?Writing on prophecy and having a web site which is read by tens of thousands, as well as our prophecy publication, enables me to get a tremendous amount of response from all viewpoints. The large number of anti-Israeli publications, which are written and promoted by people that believe they are representing the Bible, overwhelms me. A man named Ted Pike has produced a video entitled "Why the Mid-East Bleeds?" The ad for this video says it dramatizes several ideas. Let's look at them to see how this vicious approach attacks both Israel and America.?They say this video dramatizes:?* The Talmudic basis of hate and racism that fuels Zionist aggression?* What really happened in the West Bank under Sharon's 2002 invasion?* How loss of freedoms under "homeland security" directly results from unconditional support of Israel?* How U.S. takeover of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia etc. actually sets up Israel as ruler of the mid-east"?The worst publication I have received was entitled The Truth at Last. It was sixteen tabloid pages of distortion that could easily enflame anyone unlearned and susceptible to dark theories. One article was entitled "Palestinian Children Are Being Killed." The article started with these words, "Without massive U.S. foreign aid this occupation would not last another day. The Jews would be forced to withdraw behind the 1967 border as established by the U.N. These are American tanks, helicopters and missiles, which are killing innocent Palestinians daily. We have made enemies out of 300 million Muslims who were once our friends. Our tradition has been as a protector of the oppressed against the oppressors. In this case we are on the wrong side. The picture of Palestinian children, some alive and some dead, all assigned to the alleged butchering by Jewish soldiers is too graphic to describe. The Bible says, "Truth is fallen in the street." (Isaiah 59:14) These words fit perfectly.?When Rome Ransacked Jerusalem?One article I received said that America has invested three trillion dollars in Israel. Another article in the above publication put the amount at 1.6 trillion dollars. Three trillion dollars ($3,000,000,000,000) would be approximately ten thousand dollars per American citizen (Dr. E. R. Fields). There is no question as to the false facts included in this article, but would not it be wonderful if we had invested this much in the fifty-five years since the Heavenly Father resurrected this nation out of her two thousand year old grave. What we have invested is absolutely part of the reason for our national wealth.?Ezekiel, the prophet of God, spoke of this supernatural miracle thousands of years ago by the Holy Ghost. God did not forget what the prophet said, and it has all come to pass in our lifetime. And it is not finished. The Word said, "Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD." (Ezekiel 37:11-14) Those who fight against this supernatural God-ordained revival of ancient Israel are simply fighting God Himself. They have no possible chance of winning.?Hatred of Israel: Dark Shadows of the End?And the new beginning! God has a further plan and He put it in the Second Covenant of His Holy Book. Yes, Israel, as a nation, was reborn by Divine Sovereignty. Her rebirth is yet in part because there had to be a finishing of Israel's chastisement. Probably this period of Israel's transition from a people dispersed around the world to a national entity has been the hardest for people to understand. There are many among us that believe Israel should already possess all of her land and simply settle down in peace, but that would be totally impossible. Israel is in transition from no nation to the Kingdom of David, ruled by Jesus Christ. God's timetable is the final word, and we were not given how long or exact events along the way.?The new beginning for Israel is tied directly to the finishing of the Gentile age of human government. The text we must investigate is Romans chapter eleven; but first let's listen to the Son of God as He sets the time. Luke records His words. "And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter there into. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." (Luke 21:20-24)?This event shows the end of the age of the Gentile government and the beginning of the Lord's kingdom age. The seven years of wrath is visible as He shows the suffering preceding the moment of His glory and the rise of Jerusalem to its time of prominence.?Israel's blindness to the true Messiah, Jesus Christ, has lasted over 1,900 years. They failed to recognize His first coming and have suffered untold agony. Apostle Paul was jealous for Israel and carefully defended God's love for them. Yet, he also knew the truth and spoke it plainly. He said, "(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back away. I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy." (Romans 11:8-11)?They have been jealous against Jesus Christ and His church for all these centuries. But, the apostle did not stop at that point. He further said, "Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?" (Romans 11:12) The church must open her eyes to see that Israel as a nation has been reborn, but her spirit is still blinded. Only a Sovereign God can know the day that a spiritual rebirth for Israel will occur. That's where we have a grave responsibility.?They were cast off because of unbelief and we were grafted in. We are sons and daughters of Abraham by faith, but only by the heritage of Jesus Christ. We have no right to set ourselves over them or in their place. Our salvation is by grace and pride is a grace killer. The truth is clear. "Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee." (Romans 11:20-21) The time is quickly approaching when the nation of Israel will be more than a political entity. It will soon be a theocratic kingdom under the rule of the King of Kings.?This "deliverer," who is soon to appear, is already in the minds of many Jewish people. His appearance cannot occur until all is ready. The Rapture, the time of wrath, and the Battle of Armageddon must precede the redemption of all Israel. The Apostle Paul set this straight. "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob" (Romans 11:25-26)?Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem - Now, We Must Show Mercy to Israel?God has so ordained that by the mercy of His covenant saints in the New Testament church, Israel shall obtain mercy and be redeemed. Listen to these heart-thrilling words from this key text of Romans, a letter to the saints. "Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?" (Romans 11:31-34)?This is incredible truth. No wonder the devil tries to invade the church with anti-Israel rhetoric. We are now responsible to show mercy to Israel even while they are still enemies of the Gospel. "As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." (Romans 11:28-29)?This is God's plan for redeeming His severed olive trees, the people of His own "womb brethren." How matchless is His plan that we, the "wild olive tree," should now after almost 2,000 years be His partner in reclaiming the chosen nation that gave the Son of Man to all the world. I'll tell you right now, "I'm on His team to get ready for the rebirth of spiritual Israel to the family of Jesus Christ."?Conclusion?Hatred of Israel will reach the crescendo during the seven years of wrath. As we await the Rapture, we will be unconformable witnesses to a continuing rise of this dark shadow. Our duty is to stand tall, never for one moment give our praise or comfort to the hatred of Israel. If you send your money to an Israeli basher, you are as guilty as the basher himself. Be willing to show mercy in action and prayer for the "peace of Jerusalem." Accept the fact that Israel is still in unbelief and that you by mercy and grace toward the Jews are "preparing the way for the Redeemer to appear."?Could it be that the Father is even now holding up the Rapture while He awaits the "mercy" of the saints toward the "womb brethren?" It is no wonder that the Bible says, "Ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." (Matthew 25:13) Help prepare the way by showing mercy to Israel.'Syria is dead, Israel must prepare,' top defense official warns - Gilad says Bashar Assad's grip on his country is failing and it has become 'a land without rule'?The nation state of Syria has collapsed, a fact that Israel must internalize about its northern neighbor, a senior Israeli defense official said Saturday. ?"Syria is a dead state, and Israel must understand this and prepare accordingly," Amos Gilad, the director of the political-security division in the Defense Ministry and a former senior Military Intelligence official, told a cultural event in Beersheba.?"[Syrian President Bashar] Assad's grip on the country is faltering, it is a land without rule," Gilad said, according to Army Radio.?With swathes of Syria falling into the hands of opposition forces, including jihadist groups, Assad has increasingly relied on support from allies Iran and the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah, both sworn enemies of Israel.?During a September meeting in Moscow, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin in "no uncertain terms" that Israel would not tolerate Tehran's efforts to arm its enemies in the region, and that Jerusalem has taken and will continue to take action against any such attempts.?Netanyahu told Putin that Iran and Syria have been providing Hezbollah with advanced weapons, thousands of which are directed at Israeli cities. "At the same time, Iran, under the auspices of the Syrian army, is attempting to build a second terrorist front against us from the Golan Heights."?The prime minister also said that Israel's policy is to prevent these weapons transfers "and to prevent the creation of a terrorist front and attacks on us from the Golan Heights." Netanyahu came to the Kremlin to "clarify our policies, and to make sure that there is no misunderstanding between our forces," he said.?Russia is currently conducting air strikes in Syria that, while ostensibly targeting the Islamic State group, have also attacked Assad's Western-backed foes. But a senior Israeli military official said Thursday that the Israel Air Force will still operate as normal in Syria, thanks to constant coordination between Tel Aviv and Moscow.?Unconfirmed Syrian media reports said Tuesday that Israel carried out four airstrikes on Syrian regime and Hezbollah positions in the area of Syria's Qalamoun mountains on Monday night.?Seeking sanctuary?Five years of fighting in Syria have also seen a sharp increase in the number of Druze residents on the Golan Heights seeking Israeli citizenship.?In contrast to the only two requests filed in 2010, the number of Golan Druze seeking citizenship rose to 80 so far in 2015, Channel 1 reported earlier this month.?Citing government statistics, the television report said that some 151 Druze have become naturalized Israeli citizens since the bloody war broke out in Syria in 2011.?According to the report, the majority of the applications have been filed by Druze youths, whose connection to Syria has likely been marred by the violence there.?The marked increase in applications could be an indication that the community's 45-year-long loyalty to its Syrian homeland has become fractured by the raging war across the border.?In addition to disillusioned youth, some Golan Heights Druze are embracing Israeli citizenship out of a fear of widespread persecution in Syria if Assad's regime - a government that protected the minority group - falls, or is forced out of power.Analysis: Preventing World War Three in Syria between Turkey and Russia - is an urgent need for de-escalation to salvage what little is left of peace and stability in the Middle East.?NATO entered uncharted territory on Tuesday when one of its members, Turkey, shot down a Russian warplane. There is an urgent need for Washington to bring both sides together to avoid World War Three.?Details are still emerging to corroborate Ankara's insistence that the jet had been repeatedly warned and violated Turkish airspace near its border with Syria. What is clear is that this incident has been a long-time in the making given the precipitous build-up between Ankara and Moscow over conflicting Syria policies. Since Russia started flying its warplanes over Syria in support of Assad, it has repeatedly violated Turkish airspace.?Despite hopes of a "grand coalition" forming in the wake of the Ankara, Sinai, and Paris bombings claimed by the so-called Islamic State, now there is an urgent need for de-escalation to salvage what little is left of peace and stability in the Middle East.?Moscow's immediate accusations of Ankara's "back-stabbing" and support for Islamic State followed by Russian President Vladimir Putin's warnings of "serious consequences," highlight just how high the stakes in Syria are for all parties involved. Hopes that the spillover effects from Syria could be contained are now dashed.?Turkey's support of their ethnic brethren, the Turkmen of the northern Syrian region where the Russian pilots likely ejected, will only further complicate the situation on the ground. Given the fissures among the Kurds, Islamists, and rebel groups fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Russian and Iranian supported forces, there is no hope of victory on the ground. To avoid further confrontation in the air and to prevent Russia from any retaliatory action, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization must re-affirm its support of Turkey and call for an immediate no-fly moratorium over Syria.?America's unique role as mediator between its transatlantic allies in Ankara and rivals in Moscow has never been timelier. Many in Washington had hoped that in the wake of the recent attacks on Paris and progress at last week's G-20 summit in Turkey, a common approach to defeating Islamic State would develop. Even after their own bombings in their capital, Ankara, Turks are wary of outside intervention in the region that doesn't remove Assad as they fear they might be left to pick up the regional pieces.?Turkey already hosts the world's largest number of refugees and the Syrian civil war has become entangled in Ankara's decades-long struggle against Kurdish militants, some of whom are now supported by the United States. Now, the best that can be hoped for is that Ankara and Moscow will pragmatically focus on their interdependence and the costliness of further escalation to avoid letting Syria drag them into open warfare.?Bringing Russia and Turkey to the same table must now be part of a broader regional political compromise that centers on Assad's future. It will be difficult, but not impossible, to devise an exit strategy that contains Assad in the short-term, while allowing for the long-term transition of his regime. Any such solution must permit Moscow and Tehran to save face and the various coalitions to come back together. Given Turkey's calls for "regional solutions to regional problems," Ankara should be supported by its transatlantic allies in becoming a non-sectarian regional leader. That must include applying pressure on Arab and Sunni powers to provide critical development assistance to counteract Iranian and Russian influence in Damascus. Concurrently, Moscow must be assured that its Mediterranean foothold in Latakia will be maintained in any post-Assad Syrian outcome.?Due to contentious electoral politics earlier this year, Ankara had been paralyzed. But Putin may have misjudged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose ruling AK Party's mandate is now clear: stability through strength.?Saving face for both leaders, who once considered each other friends, will be critical and best facilitated by calls of restraint from President Barack Obama and France's leader, Francois Hollande. Any shuttling between Washington and Moscow to discuss a grand coalition against Islamic State now must include Turkey to have any hope of success.?Pitting the region's largest economy, military/intelligence power, and only NATO ally, against Russia is a recipe for further Middle Eastern disintegration. To avoid further war, all sides must focus on the common interest in de-escalating the situation. They must focus on their common enemy - Islamic State - which must be military defeated to facilitate a strategy for politically reconstituting Syria and Iraq as sovereign states. Obama has studiously avoided repeating President George W. Bush's actions in Iraq, but now America must exert itself to prevent further war.?Power vacuums in the heart of the Middle East have almost always led to worse outcomes. Preparing now for a peace that the region will own is critical to all parties and should be an area of mutual agreement. A regional summit called by NATO to include Ankara and Moscow will allow both sides to put this week's incident behind them, and help all involved focus on the common enemy.Obama Knows That Turkey Is Buying Oil from ISIS and He Isn't Doing Anything to Stop It - By Michael Snyder - this point, is there anyone that still doesn't know that ISIS is selling hundreds of millions of dollars of stolen oil in Turkey?? As you will see below, this is very much an open secret, but the mainstream media in the United States is being strangely silent about this.? Why?? Well, because if the truth came out Turkey would have to be kicked out of NATO and Barack Obama would probably be facing impeachment proceedings.? He claims to be fighting ISIS, and yet an endless parade of trucks carrying oil that ISIS has stolen goes back and forth over the Turkish border with his full knowledge and approval.? Barack Obama is very much aware that Turkey is buying oil from ISIS and he refuses to do anything about it.? If the Republicans are looking for a scandal which could completely wreck Obama's presidency and essentially secure the 2016 election for them, this is it.?Do you want to know why the Turkish government ordered the shooting down of a Russian Su-24 bomber on Tuesday??It is because the Russians have been bombing the trucks that transport oil from ISIS into Turkey.?The Turks claim that the Russian aircraft violated their airspace for approximately 17 seconds.? But as Paul Craig Roberts has pointed out, in order for the SU-24 to fly only 1.15 miles in 17 seconds would mean that it was flying at stall speed the entire time, which is ridiculous.? Clearly there is something very fishy with the official story, and the Russians say that they never violated Turkey's airspace at any time.?But no matter who was right and who was wrong, normally countries go out of their way to avoid an international incident.? Instead, it appeared that the Turks were quite eager to shoot down the SU-24, and since that time Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has refused to apologize.? In fact, he has warned Russia "not to play with fire" and he insists that it is the Russians that need to apologize...?"Those who violated our airspace are the ones who need to apologize. Our pilots and our armed forces, they simply fulfilled their duties, which consisted of responding to ... violations of the rules of engagement. I think this is the essence."?Is he insane??What in the world would cause Erdogan to behave so irrationally??Well, the truth is that Erdogan has been very upset these days because the Russians have been interfering with the illegal oil smuggling that his family has been conducting.?One of the ways that Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded to the downing of the SU-24 has been to drop "truth bombs" on Turkey.? Just check out some of the comments that he made this week following a meeting with French President Francois Hollande...?Commercial-scale oil smuggling from Islamic State controlled territory into Turkey must be stopped, Putin said after meeting Hollande in Moscow.?"Vehicles, carrying oil, lined up in a chain going beyond the horizon," said Putin, reminding the press that the scale of the issue was discussed at the G20 summit in Antalya earlier this month, where the Russian leader demonstrated reconnaissance footage taken by Russian pilots.?The views resemble a "living oil pipe" stretched from ISIS and rebel controlled areas of Syria into Turkey, the Russian President stressed. "Day and night they are going to Turkey. Trucks always go there loaded, and back from there - empty."?"We are talking about a commercial-scale supply of oil from the occupied Syrian territories seized by terrorists. It is from these areas [that oil comes from], and not with any others. And we can see it from the air, where these vehicles are going," Putin said.?If the Russians can see this very clearly, do you think that the U.S. military and U.S. intelligence agencies can see this too??Of course we can.? We have even better surveillance capabilities than the Russians do.?Without a doubt, Obama knows exactly what is going on.?The SU-24 was shot down over an area that is used to transport ISIS oil into Turkey.? This is a point that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been careful to highlight.? The following comes from Sputnik News...?Lavrov also pointed to Turkey's role in the propping up the terror network through the oil trade.?"The Russian Minister reminded his counterpart about Turkey's involvement in the ISIS' illegal trade in oil, which is transported via the area where the Russian plane was shot down, and about the terrorist infrastructure, arms and munitions depots and control centers that are also located there," the statement read.?"Sergei Lavrov specifically said that this act by Turkey will have serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations and will not go unanswered."?It would be one thing if everyone was just finding out now that ISIS is selling oil in Turkey.?But the truth is that this has been known about for quite a long time.?For instance, the U.S. uncovered "undeniable" evidence that Turkey was buying oil from ISIS back in July...?Western officials have long harbored suspicions about Turkey's links to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh. One official told The Guardian's Martin Chulov in July that a US-led raid on the compound housing ISIS' "chief financial officer" produced "undeniable" evidence that Turkish officials directly dealt with ranking ISIS members, mainly by purchasing oil from them.?So why didn't Barack Obama do anything about it??Why has he continued to allow oil trucks to go back and forth between ISIS and Turkey "day and night" ever since then??We have clearly been betrayed by Obama.? Even our top military commanders know what is happening.? Just this week, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark went on television and admitted that oil from ISIS is "probably going through Turkey"...?Asked whether he agreed with Vladimir Putin that Turkey was aiding ISIS, Clark responded, "All along there's always been the idea that Turkey was supporting ISIS in some way," before going on to accuse Ankara of funneling ISIS terrorists through Turkey and buying ISIS' stolen oil in the black market.?"Someone's buying that oil that ISIS is selling, it's going through somewhere, it looks to me like it's probably going through Turkey," said Clark, before also going on to accuse Putin of supporting terrorists through his allegiance with Bashar Al-Assad. ?So why is Barack Obama completely silent about this??And it isn't as if the Turkish government is just turning a blind eye to what is going on.?No, the truth is that the Turkish president's own son is the one buying and exporting the oil.? The following comes from Sputnik News...??Turkey downed the Russian Su-24 Fencer bomber over Syria in response to the destruction of hundreds of semi-truck oil tankers sent to Turkey from Syria by the Islamic State, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said.?The information minister said that oil smuggled into Turkey was bought by the Turkish president's son, who owns an oil company.?"All of the oil was delivered to a company that belongs to the son of Recep [Tayyip] Erdogan. This is why Turkey became anxious when Russia began delivering airstrikes against the IS infrastructure and destroyed more than 500 trucks with oil already. This really got on Erdogan and his company's nerves. They're importing not only oil, but wheat and historic artefacts as well," al-Zoubi told RIA Novosti in an interview. ?It is Bilal Erdogan that is the head of the company that is buying oil from ISIS, and he is shipping much of it to Japan.? BMZ Ltd. is described as a "family business", and many of President Erdogan's "close relatives" hold shares in the company.? The following is an excerpt from an excellent article by F. William Engdahl...?The prime source of money feeding ISIS these days is sale of Iraqi oil from the Mosul region oilfields where they maintain a stronghold. The son of Erdogan it seems is the man who makes the export sales of ISIS-controlled oil possible. ?Bilal Erdogan owns several maritime companies. He has allegedly signed contracts with European operating companies to carry Iraqi stolen oil to different Asian countries. The Turkish government buys Iraqi plundered oil which is being produced from the Iraqi seized oil wells. Bilal Erdogan's maritime companies own special wharfs in Beirut and Ceyhan ports that are transporting ISIS' smuggled crude oil in Japan-bound oil tankers.?Gürsel Tekin vice-president of the Turkish Republican Peoples' Party, CHP, declared in a recent Turkish media interview, "President Erdogan claims that according to international transportation conventions there is no legal infraction concerning Bilal's illicit activities and his son is doing an ordinary business with the registered Japanese companies, but in fact Bilal Erdogan is up to his neck in complicity with terrorism, but as long as his father holds office he will be immune from any judicial prosecution." Tekin adds that Bilal's maritime company doing the oil trades for ISIS, BMZ Ltd, is "a family business and president Erdogan's close relatives hold shares in BMZ and they misused public funds and took illicit loans from Turkish banks."?Does Barack Obama know all of this??Of course he does.?Our intelligence agencies would have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to have uncovered all of this by now.?The president of Turkey's own family is working directly with ISIS, and Obama is doing nothing.?In fact, President Erdogan's own daughter is even helping to provide "extended medical care" for wounded ISIS militants in Turkish hospitals...?A discontented nurse working clandestinely for a covert medical corps in ?anl?urfa-a city in south-eastern Turkey, close to the border with neighboring Syria- divulges information about the alleged role which Sümeyye Erdo?an plays in providing extended medical care for ISIS wounded militants transferred to Turkish hospitals. Living in a dilapidated apartment in Istanbul's outskirts along with her two children, a 34-year- old emaciated nurse who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, disclosed her seven-week agonizing ordeal of working in secret military hospital in ?anl?urfa, 150 km (93 miles) east of Gaziantep and 1,300 km (808 miles) southeast of Istanbul. "Almost every day several khaki Turkish military trucks were bringing scores of severely injured, shaggy ISIS rebels to our secret hospital and we had to prepare the operating rooms and help doctors in the following procedures."?Clearly, the Turkish government is on the same side as ISIS.? It has also been documented that ISIS fighters have trained in Turkey and that the Turkish government has been funneling weapons into Syria.?But desperate attempts have been made to keep this information away from the public.? In fact, two Turkish journalists that were working to expose the funneling of weapons into Syria have just been arrested and could be facing life in prison...?Two journalists from an opposition Turkish newspaper have been arrested, accused of spying by an Istanbul court following reports that Turkey's intelligence agency sent weapons to Islamist rebel groups in Syria.?In another case of journalists facing criminal charges and censorship, editor-in-chief Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, the newspaper's Ankara bureau chief, were taken into custody on Thursday night, Turkish media reported.?The two men are accused of spying and "divulging state secrets", according to reports, as well as being members of a terror organization. Another charge included the violation of state security after the release of the footage.?Such charges could see the men face life imprisonment.?And the Turkish government even got Joe Biden to apologize for comments that he made that exposed Turkey's role in supplying the jihadists in Syria.? The following comes from CNN...?"They poured hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against Assad. Except that the people who were being supplied were al-Nusra and al-Qaeda and the extremist elements of jihadis coming from other parts of the world," Biden told students.?"We could not convince our colleagues to stop supplying them," he said.?On Turkey's alleged role, Biden said, "President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan told me, he's an old friend, said, 'You were right. We let too many people (including foreign fighters) through.' Now they are trying to seal their border," he said, according to transcripts.?Biden later "apologized" for saying those things, but were they true??Of course what Biden said was true.?The government of Turkey desperately wants to see the Assad regime toppled, and so they are training ISIS militants, funneling weapons to them, buying their oil, and tending to their wounded in Turkish hospitals.?This is being done with the full knowledge and complicity of the Obama administration, and it is a betrayal on a level that is almost unspeakable.?Once again, if the Republicans are looking for a scandal that could destroy Obama's presidency and deliver the 2016 election into their hands, this is it.?Sadly, just like on so many other occasions, the Republicans will probably find a way to fumble this football too.?But the American people deserve to know the truth.? Please share this information with as many people as you can on Facebook, Twitter and through email.? If we can get enough people screaming bloody murder about this, perhaps we can get someone in the mainstream media to take notice of what potentially could be the scandal of the century.The Truth about Christmas: Naughty or Nice? - Preview The Truth about Christmas:Naughty or Nice??For most of the world, Christmas has become little more than an annual exercise in spending money we don't have, to buy things for need for people who don't need it!?Christmas is certainly the most gift giving time of the year, but it seems that the true meaning and purpose for Christmas have become lost. Traditionally, Christmas was the time of the year set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. However, these days, many people have no idea that Jesus is associated with Christmas. Furthermore, for the last several years, the world has attempted to completely strip any mention of Christ from Christ-mas. With the banning of singing traditional Christmas songs in our schools, and preventing public nativity displays in our cities, and many retailers replacing merry Christmas with happy holidays, the question needs to be asked, should a believer even celebrate Christmas??The debate about whether or not Christians should celebrate Christmas has been raging for centuries. There are equally sincere and committed Christians on both sides of the issue, each with multiple reasons why or why not Christmas should be celebrated in Christian homes. Many evangelical Christians believe that Christmas is a pagan celebration dressed up in "Christian clothes." While many Christians mark Christmas as a special day to worship Christ and give thanks for His entrance into the world, they reject anything to do with Santa Claus, Christmas trees, exchanging gifts, and the like.But what does the Bible say? Does the Bible give clear direction as to whether Christmas is a holiday to be celebrated by Christians?Join us as we examine the origins and meanings behind our Christmas traditions in this informative Bible based video. This video will be released on *December 4th 2015. You can pre-order this new DVD today! When you pre-order one of our videos, not only are you making sure you get your copy early, you are also helping to offset the production costs, thank you!?(*subject to change)?The Truth about Christmas: Naughty or Nice??Click Here To Order This New Video?Or write us at:?Prophecy UpdateP.O. Box 40516Bakersfield, CA 93384-0516?Magog Rising - Preview Trailer?More than 2,500 years ago, God gave?the prophet Ezekiel an astonishing prophecy to give to the world, one that would be fulfilled in "the latter days." Many Bible scholars feel that the prophesied events, found in Ezekiel 38 and 39, could be fulfilled in the near future, and that we might already be witnessing the stage being set and the actors being moved into place, in light of current events happening in the Middle East, right now.?In Ezekiel 38, Russia, Iran, and an alliance of Muslim nations invade Israel due to a "hook placed in the mouth of Russia" to bring Russia down to invade Israel. That hook could very well be the natural-gas fields discovered off the coast of Israel or the more recent finding of massive oil deposits in the Golan Heights.?With Russian and Iranian military forces now cooperating? and engaging in combat in Syria, just miles north of the border of Israel, people are asking if these events are setting the stage for the fulfillment of what Bible scholars call the "War of Gog & Magog" that is supposed to take place in the End of Days??Join us in this exciting new DVD as we examine Ezekiel 38 & 39 and the infamous war of Gog & Magog, and compare it to today's headlines and current events in the Middle East.?This DVD will be released on *November 27, 2015, and you can pre-order this DVD right now. When you pre-order one of our DVD's not only are you making sure that you receive your DVD as soon as it is released, you are also helping to offset the production costs of these very expensive projects. (*subject to change).?TO ORDER THIS NEW DVD - CLICK HERE?The Burden of Damascus and The Psalm 83 War - PreviewNow Shipping!The Fate of Damascus and the Psalm 83 War?About the time of the end the biblical prophet Ezekiel tells of a future invasion of Israel by a vast coalition of nations, known as the battle of Gog and Magog, we find this in Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39. As we read the headlines in the newspapers of today, and witness the conflicts in the Middle East, it's not hard to imagine that this invasion prophesied over 2600 years ago, could be fulfilled in the immediate future.? Ezekiel 36-37 predicts a gathering of the Jews to the nation of Israel, which will be followed by this massive invasion.? For 19 centuries, the Jewish people were scattered throughout the world, and until May 14, 1948, there was no nation of Israel to invade.? With the nation of Israel now a reality, the stage seems set for the war that will usher in the tribulation and the rise of the Antichrist; a war that will end with the destruction of Israel's enemies by God Himself, and lead to the signing of a peace treaty with the Antichrist.?As you read Ezekiel 38 and 39, it isn't just the creation of the nation of Israel that makes this prophecy seem likely to be fulfilled in the near future.? The nations that God tells us will form this coalition against Israel seem more likely now than perhaps ever before to form just such an alliance." The leaders of this coalition will be Russia and Iran, and currently both of these nations are right on Israel's doorstep, under the pretense of battling ISIS in Syria. I believe that there are a couple of unfulfilled prophecies that will lead-up to this massive invasion of Israel, and as we read today's headlines, we find that the fulfillment of these two prophesied events,?could happen very soon! ?The Fate of Damascus and the Psalm 83 WarTo Order this Video on DVD Click Here!Why nuclear Armageddon is a very real danger - Kyle Mizokami - the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at each other, many of them on hair-trigger alert. The prospect of nuclear war was a grim specter that hung over the entire civilized world.?As a teenager in the 1980s, I would lay in bed at nights thinking about Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles lifting off from the Kartaly Missile Field, arcing over the North Pole, and landing in the United States. I knew the journey would take, more or less, 20 minutes.?Those that lived through the Cold War - myself included - were glad when it ended. Yet the nuclear danger never really went away, just the antagonism between the United States and what is now Russia. Now, slowly, that antagonism is creeping back - and with it, the possibility of nuclear war.?Since the end of the Cold War, the world has largely forgotten about nuclear weapons. Yet the United States still has 1,597 nuclear weapons deployed on submarines, aircraft, and missiles, the majority of them pointed at Russia. Russia has 1,582 nuclear weapons deployed - the majority aimed at the United States.?Tensions between the United States and Russia are the highest they've been in more than 20 years. Differences over Russia's invasion of the Ukraine, intervention on behalf of Syria's Assad regime, and support for other unpopular, authoritarian governments have pushed the two countries farther apart than they've been in decades.?That tension has been reflected in recent missile tests on both sides. In early November, Russia staged nuclear war games that saw the the launch of two submarine-launched ballistic missiles, a land-based ICBM, and nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missiles.?In late October and early November, the United States Strategic Command - the joint U.S. military command responsible for all things nuclear - tested a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, two Trident II D-5 submarine launched ballistic missiles, and flew strategic bombers to Spain and the South China Sea. That's all three legs of the nuclear triad - the force of missiles, submarines, and bombers - that ensures the U.S. strategic arsenal cannot be completely destroyed in nuclear attack.?Not to be outdone, on Nov. 14, Russia countered by firing two of its newest missiles, Bulavas, from its newest nuclear submarine the Vladimir Momomakh.?Both countries claim that such missile tests are to ensure the reliability of the existing stockpile. A missile is picked at random and launched - in the case of the United States, at Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific. Missiles are complex systems, and periodic testing is warranted.?Is this flurry of nuclear tests linked? Almost undoubtedly. Russia advertised that it was ready for nuclear war, and then the United States did the same. If tensions between the two continue to rise, we'll almost certainly see a renewed interest in keeping a larger proportion of missiles in both countries on regular alert - ready to fire.?Intentional nuclear war is rarely discussed. The doctrine of mutually assured destruction - which holds that a state can deter nuclear destruction by ensuring any attacker would also be destroyed - makes choosing nuclear war an irrational, downright crazy proposition.?Instead, accidental nuclear war - particularly in times of crisis - has always been the most likely way a nuclear war would start. Under intense pressure to use nuclear weapons before they are destroyed by an enemy's first strike, a country may "launch on warning" - a warning that could turn out to be phony.?In 1983 Stanislav Petrov, a military officer at a Soviet early warning base, was on watch when he received automated word the United States had launched a nuclear attack. Petrov could have passed word of the "attack" up to his superiors, who might have retaliated by launching the Soviet Union's own missiles.?Despite howling sirens and an urge to panic, Petrov, relying on his gut and knowing the system was prone to fault, instead reported the warnings as a malfunction. He was right: There were no American missiles, the system had indeed malfunctioned.?Tensions between the United States and Russia don't automatically make intentional nuclear war more likely. But unless the urge to put nuclear forces closer to a war footing is avoided now, it will be harder to avoid doing so in the future.?The harder it is to start the process of a nuclear strike, the harder it will be to trigger accidentally. Next time, there may not be a Stanislav Petrov to stop a technical glitch from turning into Armageddon.?Spiritual Showdowns Are Happening NOW! - by Bill Salus - time for the Lord to uphold His holy name through the nation of Israel draws near! The world is about to receive this powerful wakeup call and be given the golden opportunity to offer their adoration to the covenant keeping God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. The promise keeping God whose great love caused Him to send His only begotten son Jesus Christ as an offering for mankind's sins.?The stage is presently being set for this main event described in Ezekiel 39:7. Prophecies are readying for their fulfillment, and spiritual showdowns throughout the globe are taking place NOW in preparation! The God of the Bible is currently challenging all of His god competitors to prove their worthiness of worship. The Lord is flushing them out and forcing them to disprove His multiple biblically declared claims, like in Isaiah 46:9-10, to be the one and only true God! ?Miracles, healings, dreams, visions, personal encounters and biblical prophecies are a few of the supernatural methods being employed to authenticate His superiority. Moreover, the Lord is not doing all the above to show off, rather to show up and share His love for the lost. The Lord is not constrained to prove Himself before the god imposters; rather He is compelled to prevent people from perishing in these last days. It is His love that always drives His actions!?"He who does not love does not know God, for God is love." (1 John 4:8)?"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, (Jesus Christ) that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)?.....................................................SPIRITUAL SHOWDOWNS WERE PREDICTED TO HAPPEN?.....................................................?Zephaniah the prophet foretold of the coming of these spiritual showdowns.?"LORD will be awesome to them, For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, Each one from his place, Indeed all the shores of the nations." (Zephaniah 2:11)?This verse, written about 625 B.C., introduces two prophecies. First, it declares that someday, the God, (capital G), of the Bible will eliminate all the false gods, (small g), presently worshipped within the world. Second, this one true God will rightfully receive His due praise throughout the entire earth. This global adoration takes place when Christ returns and rules over the earth in His millennial reign, which means that the removal of the false gods must take place sometime prior.?The Hebrew word used for "reduce to nothing" can be translated as, famished, starved, emaciated or made lean.(i) There are two primary ways through which the Lord can accomplish this spectacular feat. One method is that He can overrun the pagan deities and the other is that He can overshadow them. He appears to be utilizing both techniques.?To overrun is to decisively defeat and occupy the territory of an enemy. In this process the competing god is overpowered, overthrown and proven unfit for further worship.?To overshadow is to tower tall above an object, which results in the casting of a shadow over it. In this example, it is the ability of the greater God to prove His prominence and superiority over the stature of the lesser god. To overshadow does not require the overrunning of an idol, rather it is accomplished by making the false god fail in a final choice comparison. It causes the devotee to question the object of his or her devotion. It deflects adulation away from the lying idol by alluring admiration to the obvious greater God. ?As the Lord steps up His current campaign to overpower and overshadow all the false gods, followers of Hinduism, Buddhism and other mostly passive religions will have to deal with major theological differences between Christianity and their respective religions. One by one, the pagan deities will succumb to the supremacy of the Lord, and when He upholds His holy name through the nation of Israel in Ezekiel 39:7, everyone dwelling upon the earth at that time will be forced to focus on His sovereign power!?With this in mind, the Zephaniah 2:11 prophecies could be paraphrased to read as follows;?"The Lord will be awesome to them, For He will famish the false gods, which will evidence that they were all incompetent and unworthy of any worship. Instead, people will praise the one true God that overpowers and overshadows all the others."?In my NOW Prophecies book and DVD, I explain how spiritual showdowns are currently underway. However, it is the fulfillment of Zephaniah 2:11 that officially commences the final elimination process of all the false gods. Thus, it is important to understand the context and timing of the fulfillment of Zephaniah 2:8-11. This prophecy appears to connect with the toppling of Jordan, identified as Moab and Ammon, for its participation in the Psalm 83 prophecy. The primary god worshipped in Jordan that stands to be adversely affected is Allah.?Among the plethora of pagan deities, Scriptures point out that two of the most prominent ones will be overrun. They are Satan and Allah. Revelation 12:7-9 states that Michael the Archangel and his heavenly armies will win a war against Satan and his fallen angels. This defeat casts Satan and his cohorts down from heaven to the earth. This is followed a few years later by the prophecy in Revelation 20:1-2, which informs that an angel eventually overpowers Satan and binds him in chains for 1000 years in the bottomless pit. ?..........................................................ALLAH IS LOSING HIS AKBAR (His claim to the greatest god).?..........................................................?Allah, on the other hand, is already finding it difficult to maintain stability within his religion of Islam. The infighting in the Middle East between the Shia's and Sunnis is causing places like Syria, Iraq and Yemen to implode. As a result, many Muslims are beginning to question Allah's Akbar.?Future Muslim defeats in the wars of Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38 will serve devastating blows to Allah. In Psalm 83:9-11, the IDF appears to be empowered militarily to defeat the surrounding Arab nations and terrorist groups. Subsequently, in Ezekiel 38:18-39:6, the LORD supernaturally defeats the outer ring of nations identified in Ezekiel 38:1-5. These appear to be two distinctly different prophetic events involving two separate predominately Muslim coalitions. ?Ultimately, Allah will be overrun, but presently this pagan god is being overshadowed. The Lord is accomplishing amazing things in several Muslim countries causing many to willingly forfeit their faith in Islam. Allah's appeal is fading fast. Neither can he control the growing chaos within his religion, nor can he match up with the supernatural miracles, healings, visions and dreams being outsourced from the Lord. Christ is standing tall and casting His shadow over Allah who is steadily shrinking small!?WATCH PADINA'S STORY - ?Padina is married to Mansour, who has a ministry into Iran called "Global Catalytic Ministries." CLICK HERE to visit their website.?Disillusioned Muslims are abandoning Allah and converting to Christianity in record numbers. This is taking place in Iran, Saudi Arabia, the Syrian refugee camps, and other repressed places throughout the Muslim world. ?Iran is a perfect example of this. Christianity is burgeoning in Iran and as a result the government is aggressively clamping down on it. Nationwide, Bibles are being confiscated, home churches are being shut down and Christians are being thrown in jail for their faith. The Iranian government is even targeting those with dual citizenship to make sure they are not promoting political dissidence or spreading Christianity.?In many cases the Christians are being beaten to a pulp and given no medical treatment or legal representation. The intentions of the thrashings are that the Christians will die from organ failures or other related causes. I know about this mistreatment from personal sources involved in the underground church of Iran. Over the past couple of years the repression has increased dramatically. This Christian persecution intensified during the nuclear negotiation process between Iran and the P5+1, (Russia, China, USA, UK, France plus Germany). The deal was negotiated on July 14, 2015, but the beatings still continue to be severe.?Why are these Iranians and so many other Muslims worldwide renouncing Islam and converting to Christianity? The fact is, Islam is not working for many Muslims, but Jesus Christ is! I mean, He really is, literally not figuratively! In my upcoming book entitled, The NOW Prophecies, you will discover how Christ is personally proactively interacting with many of these disillusioned Muslims. ?Christ is frequently visiting the repressed areas of the world. He is blatantly disregarding the decrees of despotic governments and is entering into dangerous countries where missionaries can scarcely go. People are experiencing supernatural encounters on an intimate level with the Lord. The Lord is making His move now, which implies that time is short and the harvest field is ripe. ?As a religion Islam is guilty of overpromising, but under delivering. Many Muslims are losing hope and looking outside of Islam for religious truth and the way to live a truly fulfilling life. Jesus realizes this and since He is the way, the truth and the life according to John 14:6, He is seizing the opportunity to reach out to them in their times of despair. ?Christ knows that He is the good news that they are looking for, but His emissaries, i.e. Christian missionaries, are being severely restricted by tyrannical governments from traveling into the places where they are desperately needed. Do any of you want to walk into the headquarters of the ISIS terrorist group as a Christian evangelist? ?Jesus realizes this is not a tour of duty at the top of a missionaries list, yet somehow the good news about God's love for the oppressed has to be communicated to them. So, Christ is using every means available to Him to transmit the message of His love to the lost. Supernatural acts, like miracles, dreams, visions and healings are being utilized alongside the technological resources of satellite television and the Internet to reach the oppressed. It is spiritual warfare at an unprecedented level.?More information about the spiritual showdowns that are happening now, is available in my soon to be released book and DVD entitled, The NOW Prophecies. CLICK HERE to sign up for our free email newsletter to receive periodic updates about the release dates of these timely tandem products.?...............................................(i) Hebrew word for "reduced" is razah and translations were taken from the New American Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries and Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries.?Who Are We, Anyway? - A Bible Study by Jack Kelley - we begin another Christmas season, let's review exactly what the Lord's arrival on Earth has done for us. It'll help us remember the reason for the season and rekindle our joy in the midst of all the hustle and bustle.?As we begin another Christmas season, let's review exactly what the Lord's arrival on Earth has done for us. It'll help us remember the reason for the season and rekindle our joy in the midst of all the hustle and bustle.?Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."?He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.?"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. (Matt 13:36-43)?"Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matt 13:47-50)?In the parable of the weeds in the field, we're told that the good seed represents the sons of the Kingdom while the weeds are the sons of the evil one. They're both left to grow together in the field (the world) until the harvest. Likewise in the parable of the net, the good fish and the bad fish are drawn in the same net from the same body of water. In both cases the good and the bad seem to be similar in location and appearance until they're separated.?By the way, some point to the parable of the weeds as proof of a post-tribulation rapture while others use the parable of the net to justify their pre-trib position. Neither is correct, for reasons I share in my 4 part commentary on the Kingdom Parables CLICK HERE.?But if both these parables point to a co-existence of believers and non-believers during the church age, and if they both allude to a physical similarity between the two, what is it that makes us different??Who Are We Anyway??Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (2 Cor 5:17) You may look and even feel the same as you did before you were saved, but in God's eyes you're totally different. The old you no longer exists. As far as He's concerned, you're a new creation, as righteous as He is. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Cor. 5:21)?Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. (John 1:12-13) This change came about as the result of a new birth. No matter who your earthly parents are, or what their nationality is, God has given you the authority to be born again as one of His children.?You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Gal. 3:26-28) You might have been a Jew or a gentile before you were saved, but now you're neither. You belong to an entirely new race of Human, and God has adopted you directly into His family.?His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. (Ephes. 2:15-16) Since the Fall of Man, God has never been able to dwell successfully among His people. They simply can't live according to the standards of Holiness He requires. But He loves us too much to abandon us. So after the cross He began taking some from the Jews and some from the Gentiles, forming His new race of Human, and by His death making us as Holy as He is. The ones He takes are the ones who ask to be taken. Finally He now has children with whom He can dwell in peace.?But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir. (Gal. 4:4-7) But that's not all He did at the cross. Being His children makes us His heirs, inheritors of Creation. In both Greek and Roman cultures, even a biological son had to be legally adopted by his father in order to qualify as an heir. This usually happened between the ages of 14 and 18 and was intended to prevent wayward, rebellious, or incompetent offspring from getting their hands on dad's estate. It was called receiving the full rights of a son. When you were born again as a child of God, whether male or female, you immediately received the full rights of a son, qualifying you as His heir.?For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. (Rom. 8:15-17) Since we have allowed the death of our Lord to wipe away our debt of sin, thereby sharing in His sufferings, we are entitled by the power of the Holy Spirit to call the Creator of the Universe our Daddy and share with the Lord Jesus the inheritance set aside for Him. This inheritance is identified in Psalm 2:7-8. I will proclaim the decree of the LORD : He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. By agreeing to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you are qualified to share in this inheritance.?And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. (Ephes. 2:6-7) Note the past tense of the verbs. As Far as God is concerned this has already been accomplished in Heaven, even though we wait for it to happen on earth. In other words it's as good as done. And in ages yet to come, when God is asked, "What was the greatest demonstration of Your love for Your people," He'll point to us, the church.?For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephes. 2:10) This literally means that we're His work of art, the very best example of His creative genius. We are destined to spend eternity in His presence, to rule and reign with Him in His Kingdom. We're future Kings and Priests in training for our coming coronation.?Let's Begin Acting Like The Royalty We Are?Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"?Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." (John 6:28-29) So what does this training consist of? We must believe with all our hearts that Jesus did what He came to do, and entrust our eternal destiny to His completed work alone.?My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. (John 15:12) With the power of the Holy Spirit invested within us, we must strive to love each other as He loved us.?You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephes. 4:22-24) We must begin to change our attitude about life, letting our gratitude for what He's done for us permeate every aspect of our lives. Here are some examples.?Be joyful always; (1 Thes. 5:16) No matter what happens, we should be so thankful for all He's given us that nothing can steal our joy.?Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thes. 5:17-18) He wants a never ending conversation with us, and for us to find something in every situation that we can give thanks for, because He knows this will make us happier.?Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Phil 4:4-7) No matter what happens, our reaction should be to rejoice. We should worry about nothing, pray about everything, and be thankful for anything. In return He will give us peace in our lives. Peace that never fails. Peace that's beyond our understanding. The peace of God Himself.?So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matt. 6:31-33) He knows we need food, a place to live, and clothes to wear during our life on Earth. He promised to provide all these things for us, if we'll just make Him our first priority.?Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. (Phil 4:8) He has given us an incredibly powerful mind, the limits of which are beyond measure. There's no end to the things we can create in our imaginations. Such power can be destructive when it's used improperly, such as when we focus on hate, or greed or envy. He wants us to focus our minds on good things, things that are beautiful, pure, excellent and praiseworthy. He knows this will make us happier and healthier.?Happy Now??We who've been given everything must learn not to worry about anything. We have the promise of One who cannot lie that He will look after our every need, and that He'll never leave us or forsake us to the very end of the age. And then we'll spend eternity in never ending bliss with Him. All we have to do is believe it. That's the gift He brought us when He came to Earth that first Christmas. SelahWhat Jesus said about worry - Greg Laurie - Greg Laurie shows how believers can overcome fear and anxiety?When I was in Australia a number of years ago, I noticed they had an expression there that I really like: "No worries, mate."?We worry about what we are going to eat. We worry about what we are going to wear. We worry about where we are going to live. We worry about our employment. We worry about our family. We worry about almost everything. We worry when things are going good because we are concerned when they will go bad. Then, when they go bad, we worry about whether they ever will be good again.?As Charlie Brown said, "I've developed a new philosophy ... I only dread one day at a time." Then there was Alfred E. Neuman from the cover of MAD magazine, whose slogan was, "Me worry."?We do have a lot of worries, don't we? A lot of things concern us and cause us anxiety.?But the problem with worry, as Holocaust survivor Corrie ten Boom said, is that it "does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength."?In fact, the word worry is derived from an old English word that means "to choke." That is what worry does to us. It chokes us. It cuts us off.?So how do we overcome fear and worry? The Bible has something to say about this, and Christ himself addressed the topic of worry in the Sermon on the Mount:?"Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?" (Matthew 6:25-27 NIV).?Jesus is not saying that we shouldn't be concerned about the necessities of life, think about them or plan for the future. The Bible encourages us to work hard, to save our money and so forth. What Jesus was saying is that we should not worry about these things.?The Bible tells the story of a man named Daniel who could have worried but didn't. His enemies hatched a plot to have him killed because they wanted him out of the way. They were jealous of his power and influence with the king. So the king unwittingly signed into law a decree that no man could pray to any god but the king. Because Daniel was a man of prayer, he ended up in a den of lions.?What is fascinating about this story is the king himself could not reverse the law he had ignorantly set into place. That king spent the night worrying, and Daniel spent the night sleeping like a baby among the lions.?That is how it is when you are walking with God. You can relax and rest in Him. The Bible even says God "gives His beloved sleep" (Psalm 127:2 NKJV).?The Bible also tells us that we should "cast all [our] anxiety on him because he cares for [us]" (1 Peter 5:7 NIV).The idea of casting is throwing something. It's taking our worries and throwing them on God.?I like what Martin Luther said: "Pray, and let God worry." That is really the secret. Turn your worries into prayers. The next time you are gripped by fear and worry, turn it into prayer. Look to God and let Him give you his peace.?So instead of worrying, put God and His will first in your life. There are many things we can seek to live for in life. We can live for a successful career. We can live for pleasure. We can live for a lot of things. Jesus was saying that among the number of options to live for, put God in the number one position. If you want a life free of worry and anxiety and fear, then put God's kingdom before everything else. Seek it first.?Someone may say, "Well, what does that mean? It's easy for you to seek God first. My job is different than yours, and I work in the real world with real people."?I understand that. But our goal should be to honor God in everything we do. (And if you can't honor God in what you do, then get a new job.) If your goal is to make money, no matter what it takes, then you have the wrong goal. Your goal should be to honor God, give honest work and have personal integrity and a good reputation in the workplace.?Yes, there are people in life who cut corners. There are people in life who cheat on the test and pass the exam when you had to study harder. There are people in life who lie on their résumés and get the positions you were hoping to get. There are people in life who flatter the boss and move up the ladder a little more quickly than you do.?But I will also say - and this is based on Scripture - that if you live a godly life, have integrity and work hard, God will bless you for it. Sure, there will be times when others seem to be doing better than you. But just wait awhile and see how it plays out.?Jesus said, "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you" (Matthew 6:33 NKJV). What "things" was Jesus talking about? He was referring to what you will eat, what you will wear and other necessities of life. When you seek God and His kingdom first, life will find its proper perspective.?Worry doesn't make our lives longer; it just makes them more miserable. You could write on our tombstones "hurried, worried, buried." We spend our lives running after a dream we never even realized. We are the only nation in the world with a mountain called Rushmore. That is why we are so agitated and stressed out.?Instead of channeling your energies into worry and chasing after nothing, seek God first. Put him first. 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